How did Korea come to be known as the "Forgotten War"

[whitehall]

Korea certainly wasn't "forgotten" by the Vets who fought there. As a matter of fact is was Veteran pressure that caused Harry Truman to quit politics rather than run for a second elected term. It was also Korea Veteran pressure that prevented General Doug MacArthur from running for president on the republican ticket in 1952. My guess is that the liberal media at the time couldn't bring themselves to openly criticize the almost criminal handling of the Conflict by the Truman administration so they just quit.

 

[Mr.Owl]

Well I guess you can say because it was kind of like the War of 1812:
a.) it only lasted 3 years
b.)it was kind of "shoved" between to more major wars. Revolution/Civil War and WWII/Vietnam, respectively

But still, the war is none the less "forgotten" Had a lot of new technology, more media coverage....and not to mention M.A.S.H.

 

[BolshevikHunter]

My Uncle said that he would wake up in a fox hole over there with his legs almost half frozen. They would have to piss on their rifles in order to use them. ~BH

 

[Douger]

KoreaWhat war

 

[editec]

How did Korea come to be known as the "Forgotten War"

Because the Viet Nam Conflict lasted for 10 years, that's why.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Actually the term was coined because the American people paid almost no attention to the war. There were no hardships or problems faced in America because of the war and almost no one was interested in it.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Korea certainly wasn't "forgotten" by the Vets who fought there. As a matter of fact is was Veteran pressure that caused Harry Truman to quit politics rather than run for a second elected term. It was also Korea Veteran pressure that prevented General Doug MacArthur from running for president on the republican ticket in 1952. My guess is that the liberal media at the time couldn't bring themselves to openly criticize the almost criminal handling of the Conflict by the Truman administration so they just quit.

It was "forgotten" by the Progressive Run Media for several reasons:

first the regime they supported, the ChiComs, started it and

second, it started 4 months after Sen Joe McCarthy first tried to warn the American people that Communist loyalist and spies were in key positions at US State Department and in the White House and the ChiCom defenders in the media blamed McCarthy for a "Red Scare"

The notion that McCarthy was responsible for a Red Scare 6 months after the Soviets tried to ignite WWIII with the Berlin Blockade and 4 months before the LMSM darlings the ChiComs were killing American soldiers in Korea would look incoherent bordering on insanity

 

[Skull Pilot]

Since we're always "at war" with someone, it's easy to forget a few.

 

[whitehall]

Actually the term was coined because the American people paid almost no attention to the war. There were no hardships or problems faced in America because of the war and almost no one was interested in it.

No hardships? 35,000 Americans died in the conflict in three years. It is evident that Americans were paying attention in spite of the fact that the media wasn't. President Truman became so unpopular that he dropped out of politics because he couldn't even win a primary in his own party.

 

[ginscpy]

cause it was a suck war like nam

 

[Disenchanted61]

War is war regardless of the region. The causes of war are never good enough or honestly revealed by those who profit from such an atrocity, and the losers are the soldiers and communities that have been targeted, as well as our economic stability here in the "states." We seem to be numb to the victims that lay in wake.